Elevation of Arganda del Rey, Spain
2,024ft
above sea level · 617 m
Arganda del Rey is a city of 60,419 people in the Community of Madrid, the 21st largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 35th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.30° N · 3.44° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 18′ 3″ N · 3° 26′ 15″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 462,823 E · 4,461,235 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Arganda del Rey
- INE code 28014
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 60,419 people
- 30.8 sq mi municipality · 1,965 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,024 ft (617 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,024 ft.
Population
Arganda del Rey had 60,419 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 11% more than in 2015, when it had 54,533. The municipality covers 30.8 sq mi, a density of 1,965 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 21st most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Arganda del Rey sits 2,024 ft (617 m) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 3,691 ft, and the lowest is Melilla, at 7 ft. The average is 919 ft, so Arganda del Rey is 1,106 ft above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 16 mi away in a straight line and 92 ft higher than Arganda del Rey.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Arganda del Rey is the 7th lowest. The highest is Collado Villalba (3,005 ft) and the lowest, Aranjuez (1,627 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Community of Madrid is Peñalara, at 7,966 ft (2,428 m). It lies 47 mi away in a straight line, 5,942 ft above Arganda del Rey.
- 35 Arganda del Rey 2,024 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Arganda del Rey.
What is the elevation of Arganda del Rey, Spain?
Arganda del Rey sits at 2,024 feet (617 meters) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the reference point of the town center.
What are the coordinates of Arganda del Rey?
Latitude 40.30079 and longitude -3.43746 in decimal degrees (40° 18′ 3″ N · 3° 26′ 15″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 462,823 E and 4,461,235 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Arganda del Rey rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 35th highest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (3,691 ft) and the lowest, Melilla (7 ft).
Which is higher, Arganda del Rey or Madrid?
Madrid. Arganda del Rey sits at 2,024 ft and Madrid at 2,116 ft: a difference of 92 ft, 16 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · IGR Poblaciones (population centers) Official elevation and coordinates of the town center. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- Municipal register (INE), January 1, 2025 Population: our own work with data from the INE website (www.ine.es). Area: IGN (CC BY 4.0).
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know